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Monday, April 22, 2013

Nude Reading at Studio Fire

by Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859-1935)

[I'm listening to Cathy Buchanan's The Painted Girls where Marie models in the nude for Degas. I can't imagine how chilly those 1870s studios must have been!]

2 comments:

Connie said...: I bet it was quite chilly indeed!; April 22, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Nan said...: Freezing is all I think of when I see this picture! We had a fireplace once, and we had to keep turning around to warm both sides. :<); April 25, 2013 at 9:41 AM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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